Matt Dunn (cricketer)

Matthew Peter Dunn (born 5 May 1992) is an English cricketer. Dunn is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Egham, Surrey.

Matt Dunn
Personal information
Full name
Matthew Peter Dunn
Born (1992-05-05) 5 May 1992
Egham, Surrey, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–presentSurrey (squad no. 4)
FC debut9 May 2010 Surrey v Bangladeshis
LA debut8 August 2011 England Development XI v Sri Lanka A
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 43 21 23
Runs scored 197 67 4
Batting average 7.03 13.40 2.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 31* 34 2
Balls bowled 6,511 806 405
Wickets 117 21 27
Bowling average 36.21 40.33 22.88
5 wickets in innings 4 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/43 2/32 3/8
Catches/stumpings 10/– 4/– 5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 23 August 2023

Career

Dunn represented England Under-19s, having made his debut for the team against Bangladesh Under-19s in a Youth One Day International in 2009.[1] Following this he went on to play Youth Test and Youth Twenty20 Internationals.[2] During the 2010 season, he made his first-class debut for Surrey against the touring Bangladeshis. He made three further first-class appearances for Surrey the following season, against Cambridge MCCU, and in the County Championship against Derbyshire and Gloucestershire.[3] In his four first-class appearances to date, he has taken 9 wickets at an average of 26.77, with best figures of 5/56.[4] His maiden five wicket haul came against Derbyshire, in his first County Championship match.[5]

Dunn also made his List A debut in the 2011 season though not for Surrey. It instead came for an England Player Development XI against the touring Sri Lanka A team.[6] He took the wickets of Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Sajeewa Weerakoon for the cost of 32 runs from 6 overs.[7]

Dunn was Surrey's leading first-class wicket-taker in 2014 with 47. He received a call up to the England Lions four day squad in December 2014 for the tour of South Africa.[8] After a decent 2015 two Championship games was all he managed across 2016 and 2017 as injuries hampered his progress. Dunn was part of the Surrey team that won the 2018 County Championship. Dunn showed signs of getting back to his very best when he ran through Somerset with 5 for 43 in a first class match at Guildford in 2019.[9]

Dunn was part of the Surrey team that won the 2022 County Championship. On 30 August 2023 Dunn signed a new contract with Surrey[10]

Personal life

Matt Dunn is married to Jessica, and they had a daughter, Florence, who suffered from Dravet syndrome, from which she died in March 2023, aged two.[11]

References
  1. "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Matt Dunn". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. "Teams Matt Dunn played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Matt Dunn". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  4. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Matt Dunn". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  5. "Derbyshire v Surrey, 2011 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  6. "England Player Development XI v Sri Lanka A, 2011". Cricket Archive.
  7. "England Player Development XI v Sri Lanka A, 2011". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  8. "Trott named England Lions captain". ESPN Cricinfo.
  9. "SOM vs SURR, County DIV One 2019 at Guildford". ESPN Cricinfo.
  10. "Three sign new contracts". Kia Oval.
  11. "English cricket star Matt Dunn's daughter". The Mirror. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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